Francis M. Leigh

Private First Class Army World War II

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Branch of Service: Army
Rank: Private First Class
Unit: 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division, Company D
Conflict / Era: World War II
Years of Service: 07/19/1943
Date of Death: 07/19/1943
Hometown: Allen, OH
Awards & Decorations: Purple Heart
Burial Location: Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines & Marker Mount Calvary Cemetery, Clark Co. OH
Monument Paver: No
Township (entering service): Allen
Township (current / at death): UNKNOWN
School: Allen Center High School
Status: Killed in Action
When: 07/19/1943
Where: New Georgia Island
Record Authenticated: Yes

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Biography

School: Allen Center High School. serial #35002831; hometown listed as Clark County, Ohio, in War Dept. File; buried Plot A, Row 15, Grave 196; KIA

Source: No DD-214 found in Union County Recorder's Office as of 11 December 2007;Esther Carmany; G. W. Claar; National Archives; War Dept. File; American Battle Monuments Commission | Ancestry - Find a Grave & World War II Young Amerian Patriots - Clark Co.